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Office of the
SAN FRANCISCO VINDICATOR
622 Clay Street
J. E. BROWN, Editor and Proprietor.
San Francisco, July 1893

Mrs Jane L Stanford
Honored Madame

It is with reluctance that I again call
your attention to my claim at the present time, my excuse being
that I do not know what circumstances may stand in the way of my
prosecuting it as fully at some future time. My difficulty has
hitherto been my inability to bring the matter to the attention of
the late Senator, his time having been so much occupied during his
brief stays in the City for the past three years.

As, of course it could not be expected that you, with the many
calls upon your time and attention, should keep in memory such an
insignificant business matter as mine, I trust you will excuse me
for recapitulating my case, and presenting it as clearly and fully
as I can.

I have been for the past ten years publisher and proprietor
of the "San Francisco Vindicator", the recognized organ of the
colored race upon this coast. Ever since the late Senator's first
candidacy for the United States Senatorship in 1885, eight years
ago, I have been mailing him my paper without compensation. Furth-
er than this, I have always been his staunch friend and adherent